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Record Number:
18385
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Hotchkiss , Valerie R.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Disguise and Despair: The Life of Hildegund von Schonau [The author discusses the clashes between the biography and hagiography of a transvestite Cistercian nun. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Women as Protagonists and Poets in the German Middle Ages: An Anthology of Feminist Approaches to Middle High German Literature. Edited by Albrecht Classen. Kümmerle Verlag, 1991. Pages 29 - 41.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Cistercian Order
Cross Dressing
Hagiography
Hildegund von Schönau, Cistercian Nun
Monasticism
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
12
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
3874527689